Yersinia en·ter·o·co·lit·i·ca ( n t r -k-l t -k)n. A bacterium that causes yersiniosis. |
Yersinia enterocolitica,
a ubiquitous species isolated from mammals, birds, and frogs, and from material contaminated by feces; it is transmitted by infected food and water and by person-to-person contact and causes yersiniosis in humans. Some strains produce a heat-stable exterotoxin.
yeast,
n a general term denoting true fungi of the family
Saccharomycetaceae. Because of their ability to ferment carbohydrates, some yeasts are important to the brewing and baking industries.
Saccharomycetaceae. Because of their ability to ferment carbohydrates, some yeasts are important to the brewing and baking industries.
Yersinia enterocolitica
n.pl bacteria that causes
Yersinia enterocolitis, contracted from contaminated food or water. Symptoms of infection often mimic acute appendicitis and are most common in children younger than age 7. A sister bacteria,
Y. pestis, was the cause of the historic bubonic plague. From the genus
Yersinia, these motile and nonmotile, non spore-forming bacteria contain gram-negative, unencapsulated, ovoid- to rod-shaped cells. These organisms are parasitic on humans and other animals.
Yersinia enterocolitis, contracted from contaminated food or water. Symptoms of infection often mimic acute appendicitis and are most common in children younger than age 7. A sister bacteria,
Y. pestis, was the cause of the historic bubonic plague. From the genus
Yersinia, these motile and nonmotile, non spore-forming bacteria contain gram-negative, unencapsulated, ovoid- to rod-shaped cells. These organisms are parasitic on humans and other animals.
Yersinia
a genus of ovoid or rod-shaped, nonencapsulated, gram-negative bacteria in the family Enterobacteriaceae.
Yersinia enterocolitica
often carried by many animal species, especially pigs, and associated with sporadic diarrhea in humans and animals. Farmed deer are highly susceptible.
Yersinia pestis
causes bubonic plague in humans and sylvatic plague in rodents and cats.
Yersinia pseudotuberculosis
causes yersiniosis in laboratory animals, wild rodents and domestic species, including cattle, sheep and cats. See also pyemic hepatitis.
Yersinia ruckeri
causes enteric redmouth and salmonid blood spot disease especially of Atlantic salmon fry and parr.
Yersinia tularensis
see francisellatularensis.
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